“All I know about 1970s New York City is that it's where I grew up, and you always have an umbilical connection to the time and place of your growing up. It was cheap, didn't have too many people in it, you could go to the movies or whatever on the spur of the moment, you could get by without working too much and especially without involving yourself in the corporate world.” PeopleKnowsWorldMomentsCitiesGrowing UpToo MuchGrowingNew YorkGrewGrew UpConnectionsCorporateNew York CityInvolvingSpursCorporate WorldToo Much WorkSpur Of The Moment Author:Luc Sante
“I thought of New York as a free city, like one of those prewar nests of intrigue and licentiousness where exiles and lamsters and refugees found shelter in a tangle of improbable juxtapositions. I had never gotten around to changing my nationality from the one assigned me at birth, but I would have declared myself a citizen of New York City had such a stateless state existed, its flag a solid black.” StatesFoundBlackCitiesNew YorkBirthCitizensNew York CityFlagsShelterRefugeeIntrigueExileNationalityNestsImprobableJuxtaposition Author:Luc Sante
“I wasn't born in New York and I may never live there again, and just thinking about it makes me melancholy, but I was changed forever by it, my imagination is manacled to it, and I wear its mark the way you wear a scar. Whatever happens, whether I like it or not, New York City is fated always to remain my home.” ThinkingWayMayHomeHappensBornImaginationCitiesForeverNew YorkChangedMarkMelancholyNew York CityScarMy ImaginationWhatever Happens Author:Luc Sante
